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Model comparison

Kimi K3 vs MiniMax-M2.7

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K3 Moonshot AI

59.5

Rank #15 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.7

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K3 scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2.7 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K3 leads 74.2 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 87% for Kimi K3 and 3% for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Kimi K3.
  • Kimi K3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

Kimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
ProviderMoonshot AIMiniMax
Noometry Index59.537.7
Released2026-07-162026-03-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output1.05M131K
Input $ / M tokens$3$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$15$1.20
Results tracked5330

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10), MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena WebDev16541398
SciCode59.5%47%
WeirdML82.6%37%
LMArena Coding15081454
ALE-Bench1,524599.25
DeepSWE68.5%—
FrontierCode44.2%—
FrontierSWE25.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
GBAEval48.3%0%
Terminal-Bench—45.1%
APEX-Agents50.6%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench32%—
ExploitBench—13.3%
GDP.pdf19%—
Vending-Bench 25,165—

Reasoning Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17), MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
NYT Connections (extended)93.6%24.7%
CritPt23.4%0.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14961422
Epoch Capabilities Index157.45145.85
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench60.7%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
Chess Puzzles39%—
Thematic Generalization—39.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench91.2%—
LMCA52.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16), MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
ProofBench87%3%
LMArena Math14911420
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)72.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 439%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions87.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—

Knowledge Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21), MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Expert15211444
GPQA Diamond93.1%—
SimpleQA Verified50.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70), MiniMax-M2.7: —

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
Blueprint-Bench 229.5%—
Furniture Assembly34.2%—

Multilingual Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21), MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Non-English14661382
LMArena Chinese15291441
LMArena French14911421
LMArena German14881398
LMArena Japanese14871262
LMArena Korean14581313
LMArena Russian14821383
LMArena Spanish14721403

Instruction Following Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14), MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Instruction Following14831405

Long Context Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29), MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Longer Query14941419

Writing & Preference Kimi K3 leads

Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4), MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112)

BenchmarkKimi K3MiniMax-M2.7
LMArena Text14761405
LMArena Creative Writing14541354
LMArena Multi-Turn14881412
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2082—
EQ-Bench 41339—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K3 better than MiniMax-M2.7?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K3 or MiniMax-M2.7?

MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Kimi K3 lists at $3 and $15.

Is Kimi K3 or MiniMax-M2.7 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Kimi K3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K3 and MiniMax-M2.7 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K3 has 53 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.7 has 30.

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